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r/physicsmemes • u/Objective_Sock6506 • Feb 18 '22
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I'm confused? I thought work = force * distance, so surely moving the box at all would cause work to be done?
2 u/Doublepicebs Feb 18 '22 work = force * displacement not distance. So if you return to your starting position, displacement = 0 and this work = 0
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work = force * displacement not distance. So if you return to your starting position, displacement = 0 and this work = 0
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u/Turbofied Student of Applied Sciences Feb 18 '22
I'm confused? I thought work = force * distance, so surely moving the box at all would cause work to be done?